Knight denied any wrongdoing and the FBI closed the case without
charges more than a year after Knight was accused of
inappropriately touching the women during a trip to give a speech
at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia. However, the Post story raises questions about
how the case was handled.

According to the report, the FBI documented four incidents
during its investigation. However, two of the women
declined to file complaints and a third woman did not comment to
the Post. The fourth woman has filed a sex and race
discrimination complaint against the NGA, "alleging that she was
denied promotion and given poor performance reviews in
retaliation for reporting that she was groped by Knight,"
according to the Post.

Here are how the four incidents were described by the Post:

One NGA employee who the Post said did not file a complaint
picked up Knight at a train station. In the car, the woman
recounted to the Post, Knight said "he could tell I was an
athlete from my legs." According to the woman, he then
touched her shoulder. According to the Post, she described the
encounter as "uncomfortable, but she chalked up his
behavior to age."

A second NGA employee was in an autograph line when she says
Knight greeted her "with a smack on the buttocks," according to
the Post. The woman referenced Knight's age during an interview
with the Post, and likened his behavior to that of "a drunk
uncle." She also told the Post "I just let it go. Honestly,
my job was just more important than what was going on in that
situation."

A third woman, who the Post said has filed the discrimination
complaint, accused Knight of putting his arm around her and
groping her buttocks "multiple times," according to the Post.
That alleged incident was witnessed by a male NGA employee who
later told supervisors that he said to the woman at the time,
"Bobby Knight hit you on your ass! He is a dirty old man!"

A fourth alleged incident was witnessed by the third woman.
According to the Post, she described an incident in which Knight
was "putting his hands on the sides of her chest and lifting
her off the ground." That fourth woman did not speak with the
Post, and it is unclear if she ever filed a complaint.

Complicating matters is that Knight is a close family friend of
the head of the NGA, Robert Cardillo — who asked Knight to
give the talk — and Cardillo's father, Richard Cardillo, a
retired Army brigadier general. The elder Cardillo was in
the car during the first alleged incident, the Post said.

The report also raises questions about how the case was
handled.

The allegations were initially handled by the Army’s
Criminal Investigation Command. However, the case was transferred
to the FBI after a month due to Knight's status as a civilian.
According to the Post, the case was inexplicably dormant for
eight months until the FBI re-interviewed the women.

In July, 2016, a year after the alleged incidents, the FBI
interviewed Knight for the first time. According to Knight's
lawyer, Knight was unaware there was even an investigation until
the interview. FBI agents were reportedly told to tell Knight "if
there were any more complaints he could be arrested."

From the post:

"Knight denied any wrongdoing to the FBI. His attorney, James
Voyles, said that it was 'the first and only time' Knight had
been interviewed by law enforcement agents about his visit to the
NGA and that he had been unaware he was under investigation until
the FBI contacted him."

"There is absolutely no credible evidence to support this in our
opinion, these allegations," Voyles told the Post. "[The FBI
agents] reported to their superiors that there was no basis for
any further action, period."

When reached by Business Insider, Voyles reiterated that the case
was closed by multiple agencies.

"There was no credible evidence to support any of the
allegations," Voyles said. "The matter was
investigated by both the FBI and the Army and Mr.
Knight and all the woman were interviewed by
those agencies as well as the General who was
with Mr. Knight the entire time and the matter
was closed by both agencies."

The Post attempted to contact Knight. His wife responded, saying,
"Bob did nothing wrong and there is NO evidence to prove that he
did. Case closed."